mcneely and captured another sailor in southern afghanistan last week. mcneely s also the nephew of a state lawmaker in colorado. bp is confirming a big change in top management this morning after the boards of directors meeting in london. the company s also selling off assets to raise money. lama hasan is joining us from london with the latest details. lama? reporter: good morning, rob. good morning, vinita. you re absolutely right, bp has had its board meeting this morning and he is on his way out. after 28 years with bp, tony hayward s tenure is coming to an end. and on october 1st he ll be taking a job with bp s joint venture in russia. as you said, bp is planning to sell $30 billion worth of assets. now, he s really been the face of this oil spill. he s been nicknamed captain clueless for the way he handled or mishandled the oil slick disaster. it s also been a pr disaster for the company. you ll recall that he said he wanted his life back. that the gulf of mexico is one
it s a whole new volkswagen, and a whole new game. welcome back to msnbc on this monday. we are keeping a close eye on the situation developing in oklahoma city. a lot of flooding there. you can bet a lot of folks are keeping a close eye on the radar watching for the moment when the heaviest of those rains move off and leave them a chance to let the waters recede. swift water rescue teams in force. they have had to rescue trapped drivers from their submerged vehicles. we are keeping a close eye on that developing situation. at the gulf coast the president s fourth visit since the oil slick disaster began 56 days ago. he landed in gulf port, mississippi a few hours ago. he is going to get up close and personal with the oil, looking